Deaths, Scandals, and Disappearances: Where Are Former ‘Deadliest Catch’ Stars Now?
More than two decades ago, Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel in April 2005. The show follows fishermen seeking crab in the Bering Sea, battling rough waters and unpredictable weather patterns while leaving their families at home for weeks at a time throughout the crab fishing season.
The current Deadliest Catch captains are Rick Shelford, Jake Anderson, Sig Hansen, Keith Colburn, and Johnathan Hillstrand. Many of these men have been around on the show since its early days.
There are several cast members who have moved on and are no longer filming the Discovery Channel series, though. With Deadliest Catch in the midst of its 22nd season, we’re taking stock of what some of these men are up to today.
Below, we rounded up some of the popular Deadliest Catch cast members and found out what they’re up to now. Scroll down through the gallery below to get caught up.
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Phil Harris
Phil Harris died in 2010. He suffered a stroke during the 2010 fishing season and was paralyzed. After coming out of a medically-induced coma, Harris appeared to be on the mend, but wound up dying from an intracranial hemorrhage (brain bleed).
Casey McManus
Casey McManus was last on television for his Deadliest Catch spinoff in 2020 (Deadliest Catch: Bloodline.)
Per his Instagram bio, he is a “captain turned pilot,” but based on his posts, he still spends a lot of time fishing and out on the water.
Scott Campbell Jr.
Scott Campbell Jr. left Deadliest Catch after Season 17 due to a back injury. While he still appears to spend some time aboard fishing vessels, he is mostly focused on his other business ventures these days.
Campbell created Cordova Coolers in 2014. Since 2022, he has been running his company Beaver Creek Firewood, which “provides high-quality and eco-friendly firewood products.”
He filed for divorce from his wife, whom he shares two children with, in 2022 and is now in a relationship with a woman named Corey Downing, per Facebook.
Edgar Hansen
Edgar Hansen, brother of Discovery Channel staple Sig Hansen, captained the F/V Northwestern for several seasons before leaving Deadliest Catch in 2018. His departure came after he pled guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.
Edgar reached a plea deal in the case to avoid jail time. He lives a private life today.
Andy Hillstrand
While Andy Hillstrand’s brother, Johnathan, is still an active Deadliest Catch member, Andy left the show after Season 19.
For the most part, Andy has retreated from the public eye since leaving the show. He is seemingly still married to his wife, Sabrina.
“Wild” Bill Wichrowski announced his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2023. By February 2025, he “seemed to be cancer free,” per a post on his Facebook page.
In January 2026, Wild Bill wrote in a Facebook post that he was retired, but said he wanted to start flipping houses as a new hobby.
Bill is married to wife, Karen Gillis, and has three children.
Sean Dwyer
Sean Dwyer hasn’t been on Deadliest Catch since 2022, but he’s continued his work as a crab fisherman. He is married to his wife Bri and is also a father.
Sean also helps his family run the Pat Dwyer Fund in honor of his late father, who died from ALS.
